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Minutes of the Lexington Zoning Board of Appeals Selectmen’s Meeting Room May 28, 2015 Board Members Present: Chairwoman Martha C. Wood, Jeanne Krieger, Edward D. McCarthy, Leo P. McSweeney and David G. Williams Also present at the hearing was Associate Member William Kennedy Administrative Staff: Dianne Cornaro, Administrative Clerk and David George, Zoning Administrator Address: 201 Lincoln, Map 42, Lot 231 The petitioner submitted the following information with the applications: nature and justification of request; topographic plan and plot plan. Prior to the hearing, the petitions and supporting data were reviewed by the Building Commissioner, Conservation Administrator, Town Engineer, Board of Selectmen, the Zoning Administrator, the Planning Director, Economic Development; the Historic District Commission Clerk, Historical Commission and the Zoning Administrator. Comments were received from Engineering and the Zoning Administrator. The petitioner is requesting a SPECIAL PERMIT in accordance with the Zoning By- Law (Chapter 135 of the Code of Lexington) section 135-5.1.10.4, 135-5.1.14 and 135- 9.4 to allow driveway with a slope greater than 12%. The Chairwoman opened the hearing at 7:38 pm by reading the legal notices and described information received from the petitioner. Architect Brian Liu presented the petition for the owner of the property, George Lang. Mr. Liu explained they were not aware of the 12% slope building code. The chairwoman confirmed the maximum grade of the driveway at this point is 24%? Yes, it was originally 20% and they increased one side to 24%. The configuration of the driveway shape was pre-existing. Another Board member asked the Zoning Administrator if other steep driveways along this stretch of Lincoln St were in compliance. Mr. George explained on that side of Lincoln Street there are a lot of steep driveways, in these instances the contractor did not change the originally driveway which were put in well before the Zoning was established or were able to make the driveways confirm to the 12%. A Board member asked how the run-off was going to be managed to stay on the property. (With gutters and a drain system.) The Board member would like to see a condition that the applicant hires an engineer to design a system that would be able to manage the run-off off the driveway and keep it on site. Another Board members was concerned with the driveway run off that turns to ice in the winter. The applicant didn’t notice any ice this past winter.